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How to say good afternoon in European Portuguese

What people say, and how it sounds.

The answer
from lunch until darkboa tarde/ˈboɐ ˈtaɾdɨ/

The short answer

Boa tarde is the greeting from lunch until it gets dark, to anyone at all. It also works as a goodbye in the same hours: Adeus, boa tarde!

Add the person's name after a comma: Boa tarde, Rosa!

BO-a TAR-d

Boa is two syllables, BO-a. In tarde the final e all but vanishes, so the word ends on the consonant: TARD.

Hear it in a sentence

Every line is one the course teaches, with its European Portuguese audio.

boa tarde/ˈboɐ ˈtaɾdɨ/

good afternoon

Boa tarde! Como vai?

Good afternoon! How is it going? (formal)

Boa tarde, Sra. Costa!

Good afternoon, Mrs. Costa!

Boa tarde! O que fazes?

Good afternoon! What do you do? (informal)

People also ask

When does bom dia become boa tarde?

After lunch, which in Portugal is around one or two, not at noon.

What do I say at six in the evening?

While it is still light, boa tarde. Once it is dark, boa noite. The light decides, not the clock.

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